diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.test.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.test.ts
index 028439365c..5a11e068df 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.test.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { getVoidLogger } from '../logging';
 import { UrlReaderPredicateMux } from './UrlReaderPredicateMux';
 
 describe('UrlReaderPredicateMux', () => {
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ describe('UrlReaderPredicateMux', () => {
       search: jest.fn(),
     };
 
-    const mux = new UrlReaderPredicateMux(getVoidLogger());
+    const mux = new UrlReaderPredicateMux();
     mux.register({
       predicate: url => url.hostname === 'foo',
       reader: fooReader,
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@ describe('UrlReaderPredicateMux', () => {
   });
 
   it('throws an error if no predicate matches', async () => {
-    const mux = new UrlReaderPredicateMux(getVoidLogger());
+    const mux = new UrlReaderPredicateMux();
 
     await expect(mux.readUrl('http://foo/1')).rejects.toThrow(
       /^Reading from 'http:\/\/foo\/1' is not allowed. You may/,
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.ts
index 6e932d3cea..d5d30605b2 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaderPredicateMux.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 
 import { NotAllowedError } from '@backstage/errors';
-import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import {
   ReadTreeOptions,
   ReadTreeResponse,
@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@ function notAllowedMessage(url: string) {
 export class UrlReaderPredicateMux implements UrlReader {
   private readonly readers: UrlReaderPredicateTuple[] = [];
 
-  constructor(private readonly logger: Logger) {}
-
   register(tuple: UrlReaderPredicateTuple): void {
     this.readers.push(tuple);
   }
diff --git a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaders.ts b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaders.ts
index 72833454c3..1e9d7ba5f4 100644
--- a/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaders.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-common/src/reading/UrlReaders.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class UrlReaders {
    */
   static create(options: UrlReadersOptions): UrlReader {
     const { logger, config, factories } = options;
-    const mux = new UrlReaderPredicateMux(logger);
+    const mux = new UrlReaderPredicateMux();
     const treeResponseFactory = DefaultReadTreeResponseFactory.create({
       config,
     });